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Costly Pubic Servants,

Harrisburg Dispatch to PhII.cel phla Record
II las been discovered that one Of he mos.
important officers of the legislature is totally
Incompetent tor the position 20 which ne has
been elected. His duties require that he
should be good penman and thoroughly
posted In clerical work, aud there is consid.
erable embarrassment in the communica-
tions between the House and Senate in con.
sequence. This official must be intrusted
wilh the preparation OF messages 10 the gov.
ernor and between the two Houses of the
most important character, and his kno Wedge
OF the queens English il of the most sh adowy
aud elusive character. The officers who are
compelled TO translate the wonderful docu.
ments which he presents to them are in con.
slant terror lest some fatal orror be made
with the bills and messages In Justice to
the officer himself 1t is but lair to say that he
would not have sought the particular place
he Is In had be fully understood its duties
but he WAS told 40, well, you can get
along weli fix II all right tor you," and so
he thought that he had just nothing in the
world to do but draw his per diem OF S. A.
j. ColborB, jr., message clerk OF the House,
at the last session made al error in the trans.
Ter OF message which cost ths state q round
S21,0Oo. He returned 10 the Senate q Senate
Dill providing for additional lay judges in
certain counties, which the House had re-
fused to pass Just how the error occurred
was never discovered, but the journals of
both Houses were found TO TO correct and all
OF the records 10 the case properly kept. The
message clerk had biundeIed aud the bill
went 10 the governor, WAS signed by him,
ana under Its provisions, in one way or an
other as result ot the mistake, fully so 600
worth Of the states money was spent before il
was found, by the merest accident, that the
bill WAS not properly Law, ard al! the work
that had been done under 1t WAS illegal
OEher mistakes, although not so expensive in
their results, have been made in legislation
here, owing to the want OF clerical knowl.
edge ON the part OF employees OF the two
Houses The trouble is all due, probably, TO
the Tact that a member or a senator has man
10 get into place, aud II he can't get him
into the FASTING and folding room, where he
would, perhaps, properly belong, and tnds
an opportunity to land him In the clerical
staff, where ho doesn't belong, In he goes
No matter whether the peg be too small, he
las hole TO MI, and that is all essential
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SEAkCHkRR RRSIE
Experts Trying to Find the Ball In Miss An
der,on's Head

Experts Trying to Find the BaiI In Miss An.
derson's Head.
Mary c. Anderson, the girl with bullet
In her brain, passed q restless Wednesday
night Ia the little house among the pines, a
mile or 40 from Mount Holly, n. J. About
10 o'clock Thursday morning there was much
hustle In the neiShborhood OF Anderson's
cottage The $50 train had zen out Prof e,
Y. spitzka, the New York specialist in dis.
eases OF the brain, and Drs. Psncoast aud Vile,
They carried full supply OF instruments,
hasins, and bandsges. They were net al the
henorlckson. Several carriages were loiter.
ing about, aud as the doctors proceeded 10
the mousse tney we're followed by a number
ot Tug local practitioners. Among those
present were Dr. X. l.. Brown, the ph ysician
ia charge; Dra II. &. BluIngton, w. G.
Fairy, X. H. Parsons, Il. Il. Brown, w, z.
Meicaer, ana Franklin GaunI Ga exam.
inins the sick girl DIR. Spitzks WAS agreeably
disappointed as to her condition. He fully
Endorsed the treatment OF non n.inieriereuca
which had been carried out. The little
Kitchen OF the house was iull OF doctors and
preparations were made for probing the
wound. This was in charge OF DR.. Spitxks
and DR.. Pancoast
A new Melton PROBE tipped with porce.
lain, which was made especially for the case,
was boiled In water and covered with iodo-
form before being used. This was carefully
and gently Introduced into the oriiice made
and hall without meeting with any foreign
su Distance anywhere. The porcelain tube, on
being withdraw, showed 10 marks OF lead,
indicstinH that the bullet had not been en.
countered either 1t the end or along the sides
Of tse ofiAsA Dr. Sptsks was asked here
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00DfOAk
A THLoPHOROS FOR RHEUMATIBll.
A New Lease Of Life.

When one has been suffering the agonies Of .
severe attack Of rheumatism. neuralgia or sci,
atcs, aud relief comes, II seems ~ ifa now lease
oflife had been granted. Such have becn the
feelings OF thousands who. after tryine physi.
ctaus aud numberess renee dies, have used Ath.
lophoros and found to their great Joy that this
medicine really did cure these diseases.
s57 Fulton St, Brooklyn, n. Y.
After suffering for nearly two years with q
continuous attack of rheumatism after trying
almost every :specinc. domestic and foreign.
which the credulity OF wise man, or fool,
might lead one to trust In. II was double pleas.
ure to me to ind remedy which. originating
In the famous City OF klms the home of my
ancestors and Its frst founders has proven %
invaluable blessing 1t Is nearly six months
that word Athlophoros. 1t has proved to ma IN
agood degree, renewer OF my former vieor and
strength, so that have been enabled to move
about with almcst youthful activity. and 70 feel
while approaching my "three ecore years and
,en." that have a new hold on life. believe
your philosophy OF tho disease to be correct that
1t has its oristn in the blood. aud that your rom.
edy touches those joints and muscles, loose ming
tho nodes which have been brought into sub.
lection TO this dreadful disease. and sets then,
free ~ no other remedy that l have tried, I
have been cautious for so long time in recon
mending 1t to others till I had tried It's efncacy
In my own case; and am now frSe to state the
estimate put upon It. ~ tho safest ana most
efficient cure have any knowledge OF.
A. b. DAVENPORT.
Every druggist should keep Athlophoros and
Athlophorcs Pills. but where they cannot be
bought of the druggist the Athiophoroe Co., No
lie Wall street, New York. will send either (car
riage paidl on receipt of regular price. which
10 % per bottle for Athlophoros and SOC. fol
Pills.
For liver ana kidney diseases, dyspepsia, in
digestion, weakness, nervous debility. diseases
Of women. constipation, headache, impure
bloc1 &c. Athlophoros PILLS are uncQuAled.
teb!llweod
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q
u ls new % Fsyise Bssis-Nss n CosAiss
via the ncalsA LAVA
From the n. Z. Tribune.
Omcials OF the United States Cremation
company xpressed siderable surprise and
. little impstence when ask ed about the put.
lished reports that inclneration here had
proven almost failure, at least from financial
point Of View They declared that such state
ments were unwsyrsnted. Said one gentle-
man who has been intimately connected with
the practical workings OF the crematory
do not see how any one can say that we
cesA Indeed, when one takes into consider.
alton the character aud ecope OF the move
ment, It seems to me that we have had re-
markaely good fortune True, we did not
quite pay expenses last year. nor do we ex.
pect to make any great amount of money
this season. But then that was not the o6.
jec, for which We organized. We have
reason 10 expect, however, that we
shall mske both ends meet In the
future There were eightytwo bodies
We have as many during 1851, ana we have
every reason to expect even more,
We shall, In view OF our reduced expenses,
little more than pay our expenses. The
statement that we propose to assess our stock
holders to make up any deficiency Is un-
true rs the law under which We werc or.
gani9sd prohibits this In brief. I may say
that We are getting on fairly we'll in respect
to money matters
HIS sttention was called TO the ststemen,
that the cremation people were liable 10 ar.
rest for violating the health laws OF the state.
TIE reply WAS
This sounds ridiculous We went to DR..
Nagle when We first opened aud be told u.
that Ia hts Judgment the laws dill not cover
cremation. He agreed, however, to issue au
ordinary buria, permit for interment at New.
| town, and when the body arrived thsre
another permit would bs procured, a. has
been done in the case of every funeral since
| the Newtown authorities passed the law re-
| Quiring special fee OF 81, That is, we are
treated like every one else. We have never
heard any opposition raised to this arrange
| ment, aud hence have never thought OF ap
plying to the legislature fer special legisls
| ton on the subject
The ninety ftth incineration took place a
Fresh Pond W ednesday. The body was tina
OF Katherine Hoimann, nged sixty, OF thi,
| city.
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Two Admirers Of Mrs. Cleveland

Says Curtis, in the rnter.Ocean Itisope
OF the rig'dest rules In all the social economy
ofthe capital that the vile OF the presiden,
shall not accept attention from any gentle.
man outside OF the cabinet, but Mira Cleye.
land 10 trampiing on that rule. She goes ou,
TO ride with Mr.. w. ". Corcoran, the yener.
able philanthropist, who recently celebrated
his ssh birthday, and has been q guest at his
house. The other morning she and Mr.. Cor.
corsn rode out to Oak View, the presidents =
country place, and spent q couple of hours
with MIRA Folsom. The presidents bride
has no warmer admirer than the old gentle.
man, VINO seems unable to adequately tx
press bis admiration.
She has another attentive follower in tho
person OF George Bancroft, who seems 10 be
Mr.. Corcoran's rival. He has not been out 10
ride with her so often, but keeps sending her
HOVER. Mr.. Bancrofrs hobby is roses. HE
world OF fowera The young fellows look
with envy ON the liberties these galiants ave
taxing, but all attentions to the presidents $
years old. "
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THERE Is no need to worry over the fail.
ure OF the New Foundland fisheries, for the
commissioner at Oonalssks, Alaska, reports
that the cod and salmon fisheries of that
coast would be able to supply the demand OF
the whole civilissd world for centuries 10
come, and that the fish are OF remarkable
size and excellent quality. About 5000 sea
otters are taken annually on the west coast OF
Alaska, besides large numbers Of fur seal.
The fur seal are found most abundantly in
Behring sea, and the yearly catch OF them is
about l25,c00 The main land abouuds In
otter, mink, marten, ermine, beaver, black,
brown and Artic bears, wolves, reindeer,
moose and foxes. the forests have no com.
mercial value. the timber being inaccessible
or 80 coarse OF fibre as to be un ii, tor any use
but nrewood. The gold and silver are little
better.
The reported richness OF the mines sis
rather fanciful than real" The only crops
that thrive are native potatoes, radishes, tur.
nips, and lettuce, with, possibly, one or two
other vegetables Stock raising can be con.
Quoted only on limited scale. The weather
il thick, cloudy and damp with frequen
fogs and rains-the rainfall at Oopalaska in
1854 having been 15s inches-more than four
tunes that OF Missouri and it is therefore
impossible tocure hay for winter feeling.
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The frssident sixns . tin Prohibiting Con
tracts with Foreign LNbor-Extra scs-
sion of the Senate.


The President sixns . llin Prohibiting Con-
tracts with Foreign LSbor-EStra scs-
sion ot the Senate.
The president has approved the acts to pro.
hibit tho importation aud immigration Of for.
eisnets and aliens under contract or agree.
ment to perform labor In the United States ;
to amend section S OF the act entitled "An
&C. to amend the statutes In relation to immc.
diate transportation Of dutiable goods a" to
amend section S,05s OF the revised statutes
to prohibit sny officer, ssen, or servant of the
government Of the United states to hire or
contract ou, the labor OF prisoners incarcer.
ated for violating the laws OF the United
States the joint resolution prov vidiug for the
rayment Of per diem laborers In government
employ on " Memorial" or Decoration
Day" aud the 4th day Of Jnly Of each year
| as ON other days; aud the At prohibiting the
importation of opium by Chinese subjects,
A letter from Acting Secretary Farchild
was yesterday presented to the House, say
| ing: "As the department Is wholly without
| accommodation tor the storage OF silver,
would suggest tina. the trade dollar act be
| amendment 50 as to provide that 1t shall not
| go into operation for q period oi four months
| after its passage, or until such time rs the de.
| pariment shall provide suitable vaults under
the appropriations made In the sundry civil
| bll.
| Tho president has decided to call an extrs
session of the L. =. Senate for executive bus.
mess, Immediately after the expiration Of the
| present
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Now that the smoke has partly cleared
away 1t IL seen that the political conflict In
Germany has had results that no one could
have counted on. In spite OF all that the
government could do In fifteen years OF stern
government, the vote OF Alsace Lorraine Is a
strong declaration against Germany and for
France. The protesting deputies who have
been thorn In Bismarck's side are returned
BY large nsJorities, and France is so iubilant
over this result that even the most conserva.
tive Paris journals freely express their salts.
faction. The Socialist vote Of Berlin has
risen to iorty.seven times Its figure of six
years ego and with o. 600 Socialists In the
capital the government will need an iron
hand. With these two facts In view 1t is for.
tunate that the government has been 70
greatly strengthened by Q reliable siority
in the Reichstsg. Perhaps It's not sufficiently
reliable to permit the realiz alton of all the
schemes for strengthening the royal power
with which Bismarck Is credited, but 1,
may be relied upon to support him in any
emergency thst may menace the peace and
unity OF the empire.
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IkAnCAarRn. rsBRuARY Is, iss,.
fAs 'eresilest sustained.

1oe efe9l4e1t Su9talned.
80 will be great deal Of satisfaction
kemoos thoughtful people in all parties
- result Of the vote in the House on
10y, on tho question Of the passage
~ dependent pension bill over the
oontb veto. When the bill passed the
- esieinally, the vote was $50 to 70 for
- q y therefore apparent by the full
~ elsswhere reported, that 90 Democratic
nord their opinions after the presiden.
~ VETO. This ID an excellent illustration
I ~ influence exercised upon the party
~ executive head, for the converts em.
1noDd WORTHLESS no less distinguished than
eein, Morrison, Scott, Springer and A.
ssyynyner.
~ Republicans were able to whip into
thsir full House membership, though
" ablest and most influential Of the Re
oaloan papers of the country were op.
"a 20 the new pension scheme. But
- Was really no ground for the advo-
Of the measure to stand upon. Its
oo11lty Was never attempted to be proved
~ q there had not been an overaowing
G61ry the subject would never have
- hroached.
This country has paid out in pen.
prn since the civil war over eight
ndred millions Of dollars, and Its
Ioeent pension list foots up annually an
HHuzegate Of 81, 900 900. The new measure
ouM have added els 600, 900 to the annual
Rpenses, and perhaps even more than that
& &hieh hsure. For no pension estimate has
&5e been made that was not vastly ex.
os1ed q time rolled on. All agree that
Aone who fought for the Union should be
~ taken care Of, but there is o wide diff.
once between discriminating distribution
- seckless squandering. It was because
n e ~ lnst feature in the new bill that II
4 s1Ailsd Of passage.
The name of Mr.. Randall Is found with
those voting against the president. The
! Rhiiaoelphia repre-: entative has made q
reputation in his congressional career as q
! stlckler for economy In public expendi.
tures. How he was induced to vote against
~ party for this pension grab can only be
Ss1plsined BY the recollection of the fact
Z tAat Mr.. Randalls Democracy has Of late
toen Of . most mysterious description.
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The ForeIgs Earthquakes.

Two thousand killed by the earthquake
\ 4 the Riviera and the list still swelling
! makes one feel as though Americans were
\ SeGnited over q small affair when the
s3haxieston disturbance first destroyed their
ooso Of security. But, after all, there
may not have been great difference In the
j aeoyerity Of the shock, and the greater loss
See life In the present case may be accounted
~ the mountainous character Of the
1untry and the peculiar manner in which
49, villages are built.
{< Many OF them are perched on terraces
1 Shlgh upon the sides Of gorges of the Appe.
Enlnes, and tracing their history far back
Slnto the ages when might made right,
ssvo girdled by heavy walls and built of the
e&rougest masonry. The storms Of many
seDnturies have undermined the terraces
/ md weakened the walls and houses so that
4 u y not surprising that one should read of
Aole villages sliding down mountains,
znna hundreds killed by the fall of buildings
\ 1hAt only needed sudden shock to com.
lote the ruin made by time. Compared
Nth the buildings Of these villages, those
sGe Charleston would seem like mere shells
~ brick and mortar, for the walls are
noasured by feet instead OF inches, and
!, ,Geeepgth was the first requisite in the
minds Of the builders.
20 We may console ourselves with the re-.
q Aoettcn that our light style of building is
oculiarly suitable to an earthquake coun.
NJ although the chance Of escaping alive
mum . falling building, light OF heavy,
~ be very small.
s 4n the earthquake news there Is one
I'm OF great importance, If true, as it
tDeg enable u to secure timely warning Of
\ - approach Of earthquakes. It is said
- IN announcement was published
sgeSal days ago by Herr Rudolph Fabl,
- the snnular eclipse OF the sun on the
y !" would be accompanied by strong
iekm0spheric seismic disturbances, owing
! - the coincident influences Of the sun and
imoon on the EARTH"
whether this will have scientific en-.
eoeeement remains to be seen, but there
oepeafs to be growing impression that
~ doipgs Of the sun are more intimately
oonnected with the cratic performances OF
notheg earth than has hitherto been sus.
peetsd.
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- :a.:sss, s.; y q =. og.asss, a5y further opsa.
"Decidedly mo- /" said the doctor IA
man who would 20 on . Wild goose chase
into that brain would be guilty Of grave In.
discretion"
The wound was carefully dressed, and It
Vas decided to make no further attempt TO
fnd the ball.
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pr. Bulls Cough syrup As been before the
sands superior to all other articles for the cur,
OF coughs. colds, IN uenss, snd all pul nIonsry
complaints.
used salvation OF for rheimat,sm In the fee,
aud after several spplic, ,tiors was entirely re
nsved OF pain and could walk as well as ever.
ANN Il. WATKINS, Bal imore, Nd,
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KEEP YorR srsrEM ~ GOOD TONE.

BRASpRnrHs PiLis cure iniammatory and
chronic rheumatism, gout, bilious, remittent
and Intermittent fevers, dheAses OF the blood,
liver. kidneys and bladder. They stimulate tho
blood. excite the circulation and give tone to
the entire system. They care by assisting the
blood to throw OF all Impurities. Take one or
two pills every night for two weeks.
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No Fear Of That.

From Harpeis Bssasr.
Mra Goodweather: 1t must be dreadful
70 DO buried prematurely."
NJ Goodweather, 'Oh, don't know. /
wonidn't worry, my dear. l. won't happen
70 you.
Ma Good weathsr, "Wsll, hope no..n
80 S3oowseeoer, "No, love You'll
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This song 1, very good in ia way. but 10 there
any sickness IN the household? II go, home
cannot be always pleasant We take especial
pleasure in recommending Eurdock Blood BIT
tsr, nona hde and certain cure for dyspepsa
of the Aver and kidneys For sse by II. b.
Cochran. druggist, lS and l2s North Queen
street, Lancaster.
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How many people there ars " no are stru gglin z
tn rise in TINS world that ars kicked down ano
out By enyious rtvas. Th,Flds Eclectrtc OIL
never Kicked ont" Its pstrsns. 1t ia true blue.
For throat affections. Asthma ana catsrrh IL Is n
certain and rapid cure. foi sale by n. B. Coch.
ran. druggist, l37 and ISS North Queen street,
Lancaster.
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aBAf the British Parliament should think
= taking Lesson In parliamentary practice
nom the United States Congress seems
hardly credible, yet that n just what promi.
nent members Of the Commons advised In
debate on Wednesday. Thomas Ryburn
Buchanan, Liberal. Unionst, the member O,
West Edinburgh, said that in the United
States Congress moving the previous Ques.
tion was much used 70 close debate This
WAS done regardless OF the speakers ap.
proval, the Americans acting In the belief
that the speakers wishes should he left out OF
confederation In such cases. Mr.. Buchanan
thought that the Americans were right In
this practice and he quoted from the pro.
ceedings OF Congress last December to snow
how superior their parliamentary procedures
were to those In vogue at Westminster. He
strongly favored the adoption OF the Ameri
can form OF CLOSURE He was warmly sup,
ported by many members aud Robert j
Reid, . Liberal, urged the adoption Of the
American plan Of preparing legislation In
committees.
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"set up in bed and coughed TIL the clothing
was wet with Precipitation. Ny wife insisted
that use 7ionsds Eclectric OIL. The frst tea.
spoonful relieved me, and two bottles have
cured me. ! can honestly recommend it." r
H. Perkins. Greek Centre, " /. For sale by II.
B. Cochran. druggist, ls7 and l39 North Queen
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liird's Eye View ola hustle,

From the san Francisco Chronicle.
Whenyou see something in window that
c,urot by any possibility be OF any use on
anybody's figure, that can't keep anything
warm or tit anywhere, you may know i. Is u
portion Of a woman's costume
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Can regulate their husbanis amazingly fast,
should they not do thelc duty. Burdock Blood
Bi!ters are a good regulatoi OF the circulation.
They sre exclusively blooi tonic, and oonse.
ouenty strike at the root q many serious all.
nents. For sale by Ii. b. Cochran, druggist, Is,
and l59 North Queen street, -ancaster.
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Tho breath of q chronic catarrh patient is
often SO often sive that he cannot go into society
and he becomes an OBJECT OF disgust. Alter a
time liberation sets In. the spon gy bones are at
tackled. AID frequently entirely destroyed. A
constant source Of dripping of the puruent Sc
cretions into the throat sometime producing e
inveterats bronchitis. which in Its turn has bee II
tn. exciting cause of pulmonary disease. The
brilliant results which have attended its use for
years past properly designate Elys Cream Balm
dc by tar the best aud only real cure
febie 2wdeOd&w
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Don't take that q" cocktail Is the morning" II
you have a"s~ellcd head" rAuseated stomach
ard unsirung nerves resulting from the CON
viVial party last night Thesire aud SAFE way
10 clear the cobwebs from the brain, recover
fest Tor fvod. and tene up he nervous system
Is TO use DIR. Pierces i" Pleasant puTsNtiye Pei
lets" sold by all druggists. Tu,ESw